What do you people use Linux for (mainly)

02-22-2002, 07:47 PM

I use it as a game server (CS if you want to know

)
Wonder if people use it as a replacement for Window$

**NUTNDUN** · 02-25-2002, 10:37 PM

Linux is awesome for webservers, and for programming. The server this site is on will be on Linux before long.

02-27-2002, 01:27 PM

I have an EnGaurd linux box as a webserver, an openbsd box for a firewall / nat, and a freebsd box for development.

02-28-2002, 04:03 PM

I used it to try. I liked it. I'm still thinking about setting it up again. Problem is that at uni everything's on Windows so I need to work on Windows...

Cw_strife · 03-04-2002, 02:29 AM

I use it for playing the games they have on there, and The Sims. Yeah yeah big deal, but I love it. Works for me, and I get to think that I am special because I can use linux. (barely) LOL :smilewink

03-29-2002, 10:55 PM

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Originally posted by orca
I used it to try. I liked it. I'm still thinking about setting it up again. Problem is that at uni everything's on Windows so I need to work on Windows...

Check out VMware (http://www.vmware.com/). You can run Linux/FreeBSD/*nix inside a Win32 window, and vice versa.

I usually have Win2K/FreeBSD 4.5/RH Linux 7.2 going concurrently. Mmmm.

**NUTNDUN** · 03-29-2002, 10:59 PM

I heard alot of good things bout vmware, so you like it huh? I might have to try it out when I get time. I just got done switching the server over to RH 7.2 from win2k advanced server and I must say the speed is really noticable. Alot more then I thought it would be.

03-30-2002, 10:30 PM

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Originally posted by NUTNDUN
I heard alot of good things bout vmware, so you like it huh? I might have to try it out when I get time.

I swear by it. You'll kick yourself for not using it earlier.

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I just got done switching the server over to RH 7.2 from win2k advanced server and I must say the speed is really noticable. Alot more then I thought it would be.

Nothing like seeing a complex, multiuser (~10-25+ full-time end-users) PHP app go from 100% CPU usage and a 100-200MB of RAM on an IIS5/Win2K server to 2% CPU usage and 25MB RAM on a *nix box.

Not to mention the added security and a semblance of respect for standards.

**NUTNDUN** · 03-30-2002, 10:49 PM

Thats definately true, the server is running better then it ever has. I am still very green when it comes to Linux and other OS'es. I think I am to the point that I could get by and be happy with only a nix based OS. Providing that I had X-server and KDE or other GUI to get some of the things done that I don't know how to do through the command line. I like XP for personal use, but it is amazing the programs that are available through the GPL license that you would never find for the M$ OS's.

The Asus Man · 05-25-2003, 01:53 AM

Hi NUTNDON Even though you are more confertable in X I would
Lerning some basic command line stuff. I could save your life If you screw up X someday heres a link that I though you be intrested in it's a site that is great for linux newbies. http://www.justlinux.com

**NUTNDUN** · 05-25-2003, 03:24 AM

Thanks for the link Asus Man,

I only use ssh shell now. Back when this was originally posted I had the webserver at my house but since then it is on it's own RH 7.3 box collocated. So now I do everything through ssh. There are times where I have to do some quick searching for the exact command I need to do something but I am getting alot of it down.

technobeast · 05-25-2003, 10:49 AM

How many distros have you tried folks? And do you think there's a distro for everything(games, programming, server etc)? I've tried SuSe (greatest), RedHat (not really good for me, I don't like it), SlackWare (nice but hard to manage with). Currently I have a Debian CD on my desk, and thinking of installing it (a whole month already). Something else as a recommendation?

**greffov** · 05-25-2003, 01:16 PM

I don't know if Linux is meant for 'users'... Unix in general was meant for developers, people who understand the system, who write it...
Unix has so many things you 'can' adjust and handle that it is not suitable for a normal user, I would say.

Maybe my idea about Unix is not realy that presentative these days, but my experience at the university is that people run to the NT boxes first, instead of Sun's or Linux machines to read their Hotmail... (<sigh>)

Spankmeister · 05-26-2003, 05:36 AM

If youre not a developer or a running a server linux is a waste of time.

**greffov** · 05-26-2003, 11:50 AM

Running a Linux server is never a waste of time, maybe running a Linux desktop machine is...

02-22-2002, 07:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
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NUTNDUN Registered Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: PA Posts: 1,465	I heard alot of good things bout vmware, so you like it huh? I might have to try it out when I get time. I just got done switching the server over to RH 7.2 from win2k advanced server and I must say the speed is really noticable. Alot more then I thought it would be. __________________

03-30-2002, 10:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
NUTNDUN Registered Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: PA Posts: 1,465	Thats definately true, the server is running better then it ever has. I am still very green when it comes to Linux and other OS'es. I think I am to the point that I could get by and be happy with only a nix based OS. Providing that I had X-server and KDE or other GUI to get some of the things done that I don't know how to do through the command line. I like XP for personal use, but it is amazing the programs that are available through the GPL license that you would never find for the M$ OS's. __________________

02-27-2002, 01:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anveo Guest Posts: n/a	I have an EnGaurd linux box as a webserver, an openbsd box for a firewall / nat, and a freebsd box for development.

02-28-2002, 04:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
orca Guest Posts: n/a	I used it to try. I liked it. I'm still thinking about setting it up again. Problem is that at uni everything's on Windows so I need to work on Windows...

05-25-2003, 01:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
The Asus Man Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2	Hi NUTNDON Even though you are more confertable in X I would Lerning some basic command line stuff. I could save your life If you screw up X someday heres a link that I though you be intrested in it's a site that is great for linux newbies. http://www.justlinux.com

05-25-2003, 03:24 AM	#11 (permalink)
NUTNDUN Registered Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: PA Posts: 1,465	Thanks for the link Asus Man, I only use ssh shell now. Back when this was originally posted I had the webserver at my house but since then it is on it's own RH 7.3 box collocated. So now I do everything through ssh. There are times where I have to do some quick searching for the exact command I need to do something but I am getting alot of it down. __________________

05-25-2003, 10:49 AM	#12 (permalink)
technobeast The Grim Reaper! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 2,387	How many distros have you tried folks? And do you think there's a distro for everything(games, programming, server etc)? I've tried SuSe (greatest), RedHat (not really good for me, I don't like it), SlackWare (nice but hard to manage with). Currently I have a Debian CD on my desk, and thinking of installing it (a whole month already). Something else as a recommendation? __________________ Liked this post and found it helpful? Click on the image under my avatar to add to my reputation

05-25-2003, 01:16 PM	#13 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	I don't know if Linux is meant for 'users'... Unix in general was meant for developers, people who understand the system, who write it... Unix has so many things you 'can' adjust and handle that it is not suitable for a normal user, I would say. Maybe my idea about Unix is not realy that presentative these days, but my experience at the university is that people run to the NT boxes first, instead of Sun's or Linux machines to read their Hotmail... (<sigh>) __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

05-26-2003, 05:36 AM	#14 (permalink)
Spankmeister Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 14	If youre not a developer or a running a server linux is a waste of time.

05-26-2003, 11:50 AM	#15 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	Running a Linux server is never a waste of time, maybe running a Linux desktop machine is... __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

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